by Bonnie | May 20, 2015 | Music Literacy, Rhythm
Last year around this time of year I looked up at the clock and noticed that my 2nd graders had finished our entire lesson, AND played several of my best games AND we STILL had 10 minutes left!!!! … I’ll admit that I wasn’t feeling particularly...
by Bonnie | Mar 28, 2015 | Classroom Organization, Professional Collaboration
I am so blessed to work with an amazing, talented, steady, organized and hard working co-teacher. We have a great time working together! Like all successful partnerships we each bring strengths and weaknesses to the table. One of the things we have in common is that...
by Bonnie | Mar 23, 2015 | Music Listening, Music Literacy, Rhythm
Look what I found! This video series is really nice and well done! – Thanks Classical MPR for such great work! I plan on sharing these videos with my 5th graders as we gear up to review everything for so they will be ready for Jr. High! 🙂
by Bonnie | Mar 12, 2015 | music teacher encouragement, Reflections and Caveats
So this week is spring break and I been taking life VERY VERY easy! 1. SLEEP – I did quite a bit of extra sleeping this week. Sleep is such a simple and important thing….. Luxuriating in extra (needed) sleep and rest can feel quite decedent. Maybe...
by Bonnie | Feb 26, 2015 | Music Listening
These videos demonstrates VERY clearly how the size of the string and it’s tuning affect the size of the sound wave created. Very cool!
